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[best bib and tucker] or

[Sunday best] or

[Sunday go-to-meeting clothes]  {n. phr.},  {informal}

Best clothes or outfit of clothing.

The cowboy got all dressed up in his best bib and tucker to go to the dance.

* /Mary went to the party in her  […]

[best man]  {n.}

The groom's aid (usually his best friend or a relative) at a wedding.

[best seller]  {n.}

An item (primarily said of books) that outsells other items of a similar sort.

Catherine Neville's novel "The Eight" has been a national best seller for months.

[bet]

See:

[YOU BET] or [YOU BET YOUR BOOTS] or [YOU BET YOUR LIFE].

[bet on the wrong horse]  {v. phr.},  {informal}

To base your plans on a wrong guess about the result of something; misread the future; misjudge a coming event.

* /To count on the small family farm as an important thing in the American future now looks  […]

[bet one's boots] or [bet one's bottom dollar] or [bet one's shirt]  {v. phr.},  {informal}

1. To bet all you have.

This horse will win. I would bet my bottom dollar on it.

Jim said he would bet his boots that he would pass the examination.

2.  […]

[better]

See:

[ALL BETTER],

[DISCRETION IS THE BETTER PART OF VALOR],

[FOR BETTER OR WORSE],

[FOR THE BETTER],

[GET THE BETTER OF],

[GO SOMEBODY ONE BETTER],

[HAD BETTER],

[HALF A LOAF IS BETTER THAN NONE] or [HALF A LOAF IS BETTER THAN NO  […]

[better half]  {n.},  {informal}

One's marriage partner (mostly said by men about their wives.)

[better late than never]

It is better to come or do something late than never.

The firemen didn't arrive at the house until it was half burned, but it was better late than never.

* /Grandfather is learning to drive a car. "Better late than never,"  […]

[better than]  {prep. phr.}

More than; greater than; at a greater rate than.

The car was doing better than eighty miles an hour.